Sentence examples for instead of distracting from inspiring English sources

Its departure from the standard egg crate, instead of distracting from concentration, invites lingering.

The interactions are placed with a storyteller's touch, so they generally serve the narrative instead of distracting from it.

It may be a blessing for the film to have ended up with skilled, self-effacing mimics instead of distracting movie stars.

There was a ripple of laughter at the reference to knitting, but instead of distracting from the pathos, the humor heightened it.

Sometimes you come across a book with a typo or a mistake or a translation error that is so delicious, it endears you to the text instead of distracting you.

Instead of distracting us from it, the music acknowledges the despair so many of us have been feeling and we don't feel alone anymore.

Instead of distracted anchormen calling tallies from boring desks, the hyperhappy host, Ryan Seacrest, could crow in a tieless tux about how fabulous voter turnout was.

The beading detail on the skirt was echoed on her tank, but since the top is a neutral color it accented instead of distracted from the look.

How many more fleeting, forgotten moments would I have stored in my memory had I been right there, in that place -- driving the car, kids chattering in the backseat; reading a bedtime story; building a block tower or coloring in a coloring book -- instead of distracted by the thoughts of other things?

He's not, of course, and so braised daikon supports, instead of distracts from, the ocean trout; a dusting of tea and a flick of vinegar enhance a couple of smoked scampi instead of coming to blows with them; and the foie gras enclosed in raw sea scallops enriches and even intensifies the Pacific in them.

Instead of a distracting on-stage entourage, it's just him, a DJ and a small folding table bearing a selection of towels.